World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1978 : Results, rankings and all statistics

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : International

Games played : 78

Goals scored : 227 (2.91 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 55

Red cards : 3

49%
Home victories

10%
Draws

49%
Away victories

Players age average : 27.44 years

Number of players participating : 576

World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 1978's fixtures and results

Round 3

All

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

October 09, 1976

Switzerland

1 2

Sweden

39'Serge Trinchero (p)

October 13, 1976

52'Joe Royle

October 31, 1976

Poland

5 0

Cyprus

24'Kazimierz Deyna (p)

25'Andrzej Szarmach

40'Kazimierz Deyna

58'Zbigniew Boniek

77'Stanislaw Terlecki

November 17, 1976

March 26, 1977

NetherlandsEuro (1)

19'Johnny Rep

March 30, 1977

10'Liam Brady

CzechoslovakiaEuro (1)

65'Nick Deacy

April 02, 1977

April 17, 1977

April 30, 1977

May 08, 1977

YugoslaviaEuro (1)

June 11, 1977

December 03, 1977

11'Francesco Graziani

56'Franco Causio

General rankingLast updated on 22/03/2025

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Poland116510174+13
2
                        
Portugal96411126+6
3
                        
Denmark462041412+2
4
                        
Cyprus06006324-21

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Italy106501184+14
2
                        
England106501154+11
3
                        
Finland462041116-5
4
                        
Luxembourg06006222-20

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Austria106420142+12
2
                        
East Germany96330154+11
3
                        
Turkey5621395+4
4
                        
Malta06006027-27

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Netherlands116510113+8
2
                        
Belgium6630376+1
3
                        
Northern Ireland5621376+1
4
                        
Iceland26105212-10

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
France5421174+3
2
                        
Bulgaria4412156-1
3
                        
Ireland3411224-2

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Sweden6430174+3
2
                        
Norway4420234-1
3
                        
Switzerland2410335-2

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Scotland6430163+3
2
                        
Czechoslovakia4420246-2
3
                        
Wales2410334-1

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Spain6430141+3
2
                        
Romania4420278-1
3
                        
Yugoslavia2410368-2

                                
                                
                                
                                pts
                                m
                                v
                                d
                                l
                                GF
                                GA
                                diff
                            
1
                        
Hungary5421164+2
2
                        
Soviet Union4420253+2
3
                        
Greece3411226-4

Latest transfers

November 15, 1977
Andreas Lazaridis mana.		Cyprus

August 31, 1977
Ernst Happel mana.( Club Brugge)		Netherlands

July 01, 1977
Ronald Greenwood mana.( West Ham)		England

May 27, 1977
Alistair MacLeod mana.( Aberdeen)		Scotland

March 30, 1977
Roger Vonlanthen mana.( Servette)		Switzerland
Juca mana.( Académica)		Portugal

February 01, 1977
Türel Metin mana.( Besiktas)		Turkey

December 01, 1976
Nikita Simonyan mana.( Free)		USSR

November 26, 1976
Valentin Nikolaev mana.( Free)		USSR

October 26, 1976
Panikos Krystallis mana.		Cyprus

September 21, 1976
Miroslav Blazevic mana.( FC Sion)		Switzerland

September 08, 1976
Jan Zwartkruis mana.( Spakenburg)		Netherlands

All transfers

One match scorers

Hans Kranklhas scored 6 goals during the match Austria 9-0 Malta (30/04/1977)

Roberto Bettegahas scored 4 goals during the match Italy 6-1 Finland (15/10/1977)

Martin Hoffmannhas scored 3 goals during the match East Germany 9-0 Malta (29/10/1977)

Joachim Streichhas scored 3 goals during the match East Germany 9-0 Malta (29/10/1977)

Safet Susichas scored 3 goals during the match Romania 4-6 Yugoslavia (13/11/1977)

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Netherlands	VIceland 0-1 08/09/1976	D 2-2 Northern Ireland13/10/1976	VBelgium 0-2 26/03/1977	V 4-1 Iceland31/08/1977	VNorthern Ireland 0-1 12/10/1977	V 1-0 Belgium26/10/1977
2	Poland	VPortugal 0-2 16/10/1976	V 5-0 Cyprus31/10/1976	VDenmark 1-2 01/05/1977	VCyprus 1-3 15/05/1977	V 4-1 Denmark21/09/1977	D 1-1 Portugal29/10/1977
3	England	VFinland 1-4 13/06/1976	V 2-1 Finland13/10/1976	LItaly 2-0 17/11/1976	V 5-0 Luxembourg30/03/1977	VLuxembourg 0-2 12/10/1977	V 2-0 Italy16/11/1977
4	Italy	VLuxembourg 1-4 16/10/1976	V 2-0 England17/11/1976	VFinland 0-3 08/06/1977	V 6-1 Finland15/10/1977	LEngland 2-0 16/11/1977	V 3-0 Luxembourg03/12/1977
5	Austria	VMalta 0-1 05/12/1976	V 1-0 Turkey17/04/1977	V 9-0 Malta30/04/1977	D 1-1 East Germany24/09/1977	DEast Germany 1-1 12/10/1977	VTurkey 0-1 30/10/1977
6	Portugal	L 0-2 Poland16/10/1976	V 1-0 Denmark17/11/1976	VCyprus 1-2 05/12/1976	VDenmark 2-4 09/10/1977	DPoland 1-1 29/10/1977	V 4-0 Cyprus16/11/1977
7	East Germany	D 1-1 Turkey17/11/1976	VMalta 0-1 02/04/1977	DAustria 1-1 24/09/1977	D 1-1 Austria12/10/1977	V 9-0 Malta29/10/1977	VTurkey 1-2 16/11/1977
8	Scotland	LCzechoslovakia 2-0 13/10/1976	V 1-0 Wales17/11/1976	V 3-1 Czechoslovakia21/09/1977	VWales 0-2 12/10/1977
9	Spain	V 1-0 Yugoslavia10/10/1976	LRomania 1-0 16/04/1977	V 2-0 Romania26/10/1977	VYugoslavia 0-1 30/11/1977
10	Sweden	V 2-0 Norway16/06/1976	VSwitzerland 1-2 09/10/1976	V 2-1 Switzerland08/06/1977	LNorway 2-1 07/09/1977
11	Belgium	VIceland 0-1 05/09/1976	V 2-0 Northern Ireland10/11/1976	L 0-2 Netherlands26/03/1977	V 4-0 Iceland03/09/1977	LNetherlands 1-0 26/10/1977	LNorthern Ireland 3-0 16/11/1977
12	France	DBulgaria 2-2 09/10/1976	V 2-0 Ireland17/11/1976	LIreland 1-0 30/03/1977	V 3-1 Bulgaria16/11/1977
-	Hungary	DGreece 1-1 09/10/1976	V 2-1 Soviet Union30/04/1977	LSoviet Union 2-0 18/05/1977	V 3-0 Greece25/05/1977
14	Northern Ireland	DNetherlands 2-2 13/10/1976	LBelgium 2-0 10/11/1976	LIceland 1-0 11/06/1977	V 2-0 Iceland21/09/1977	L 0-1 Netherlands12/10/1977	V 3-0 Belgium16/11/1977
15	Turkey	V 4-0 Malta31/10/1976	DEast Germany 1-1 17/11/1976	LAustria 1-0 17/04/1977	L 0-1 Austria30/10/1977	L 1-2 East Germany16/11/1977	VMalta 0-3 27/11/1977
16	Czechoslovakia	V 2-0 Scotland13/10/1976	LWales 3-0 30/03/1977	LScotland 3-1 21/09/1977	V 1-0 Wales16/11/1977
-	Soviet Union	V 2-0 Greece24/04/1977	LHungary 2-1 30/04/1977	LGreece 1-0 10/05/1977	V 2-0 Hungary18/05/1977
18	Norway	LSweden 2-0 16/06/1976	V 1-0 Switzerland08/09/1976	V 2-1 Sweden07/09/1977	LSwitzerland 1-0 30/10/1977
19	Romania	V 1-0 Spain16/04/1977	VYugoslavia 0-2 08/05/1977	LSpain 2-0 26/10/1977	L 4-6 Yugoslavia13/11/1977
20	Finland	L 1-4 England13/06/1976	V 7-1 Luxembourg22/09/1976	LEngland 2-1 13/10/1976	VLuxembourg 0-1 26/05/1977	L 0-3 Italy08/06/1977	LItaly 6-1 15/10/1977
21	Denmark	VCyprus 1-5 23/05/1976	V 5-0 Cyprus27/10/1976	LPortugal 1-0 17/11/1976	L 1-2 Poland01/05/1977	LPoland 4-1 21/09/1977	L 2-4 Portugal09/10/1977
22	Bulgaria	D 2-2 France09/10/1976	V 2-1 Ireland01/06/1977	DIreland 0-0 12/10/1977	LFrance 3-1 16/11/1977
23	Ireland	LFrance 2-0 17/11/1976	V 1-0 France30/03/1977	LBulgaria 2-1 01/06/1977	D 0-0 Bulgaria12/10/1977
24	Greece	D 1-1 Hungary09/10/1976	LSoviet Union 2-0 24/04/1977	V 1-0 Soviet Union10/05/1977	LHungary 3-0 25/05/1977
25	Switzerland	LNorway 1-0 08/09/1976	L 1-2 Sweden09/10/1976	LSweden 2-1 08/06/1977	V 1-0 Norway30/10/1977
26	Yugoslavia	LSpain 1-0 10/10/1976	L 0-2 Romania08/05/1977	VRomania 4-6 13/11/1977	L 0-1 Spain30/11/1977
27	Wales	LScotland 1-0 17/11/1976	V 3-0 Czechoslovakia30/03/1977	L 0-2 Scotland12/10/1977	LCzechoslovakia 1-0 16/11/1977
28	Iceland	L 0-1 Belgium05/09/1976	L 0-1 Netherlands08/09/1976	V 1-0 Northern Ireland11/06/1977	LNetherlands 4-1 31/08/1977	LBelgium 4-0 03/09/1977	LNorthern Ireland 2-0 21/09/1977
29	Cyprus	L 1-5 Denmark23/05/1976	LDenmark 5-0 27/10/1976	LPoland 5-0 31/10/1976	L 1-2 Portugal05/12/1976	L 1-3 Poland15/05/1977	LPortugal 4-0 16/11/1977
-	Malta	LTurkey 4-0 31/10/1976	L 0-1 Austria05/12/1976	L 0-1 East Germany02/04/1977	LAustria 9-0 30/04/1977	LEast Germany 9-0 29/10/1977	L 0-3 Turkey27/11/1977

Longest streaksLast updated on 05/04/2025 at 08:54

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Poland	5
Netherlands	4	4
Italy	4
England	3	3
Sweden	3
Portugal	3
Scotland	3	3
Austria	3
Denmark	2
Belgium	2
Norway	2
Spain	2	2
East Germany	2	2
Romania	2
Finland	1
Czechoslovakia	1
Turkey	1
France	1
Ireland	1
Wales	1
Soviet Union	1
Hungary	1
Greece	1
Bulgaria	1
Iceland	1
Northern Ireland	1
Switzerland	1
Yugoslavia	1

Goals per quarterLast updated on 05/04/2025 at 08:54

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	30
Best scorer : Kevin Keegan - 2 Goals
16 - 30	25
Best scorer : Hans Krankl - 2 Goals
31 - 45+	31
Best scorer : Roberto Bettega - 2 Goals
46 - 60	33
Best scorer : Hans Krankl - 2 Goals
61 - 75	41
Best scorer : Manuel Fernandes - 3 Goals
76 - 90+	35
Best scorer : Joachim Streich - 2 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 05/04/2025 at 08:54

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	1 times
1 - 0	20 times
1 - 1	5 times
2 - 0	15 times
2 - 1	9 times
2 - 2	2 times
3 - 0	6 times
3 - 1	3 times
4 - 0	3 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 1	4 times
4 - 2	1 times
5 - 0	3 times
5 - 1	1 times
6 - 1	1 times
6 - 4	1 times
7 - 1	1 times
9 - 0	2 times

General statistics by teamLast updated on 03/04/2025 at 14:23

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
England	33	6	9	Kevin Keegan (4 goals)
Portugal	30	6	7	Manuel Fernandes (4 goals)
Denmark	29	6	10	Allan Simonsen (2 goals)
Cyprus	28	6	3	Takis Antoniou (1 goals)
Switzerland	27	4	3	Claudio Sulser (1 goals)
Belgium	26	6	6	Raoul Lambert (2 goals)
Yugoslavia	26	3	4	Safet Susic (3 goals)
Luxembourg	26	6	2	Nico Braun (1 goals)
Sweden	25	4	3	Thomas Sjöberg (4 goals)
Spain	25	4	3	Rubén Cano (2 goals)
Netherlands	23	6	7	Ruud Geels (3 goals)
Poland	23	6	8	Kazimierz Deyna (4 goals)
East Germany	22	6	7	Martin Hoffmann (5 goals)
Greece	22	4	1	Dimitris Papaioannou (2 goals)
Scotland	20	4	4	Kenny Dalglish (2 goals)
France	19	4	5	Michel Platini (3 goals)
Austria	19	6	7	Hans Krankl (7 goals)
Wales	18	4	2	Leighton James (2 goals)
Soviet Union	18	2	2	Leonid Buryak (1 goals)
Hungary	18	3	4	Tibor Nyilasi (2 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 19/03/2025 at 20:24

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
France	23.5	Jean-Marc Guillou (30 years)	Thierry Tusseau (17 years)
Yugoslavia	24.1	Dragan Dzajic (29 years)	Nenad Stojkovic (19 years)
Cyprus	24.2	Giannis Mertakkas (30 years)	Kypros Damianou (18 years)
Norway	24.4	Odd Iversen (30 years)	Björn Tronstad (18 years)
Belgium	24.5	Raoul Lambert (31 years)	Raymond Mommens (17 years)
Romania	24.5	Iosif Vigu (29 years)	Ilie Balaci (19 years)
Soviet Union	24.6	Vladimir Astapovskiy (29 years)	Aleksandr Minaev (17 years)
Ireland	24.8	Johnny Giles (35 years)	David O'Leary (17 years)
East Germany	24.9	Hans Ulrich Grapenthin (32 years)	Gerd Weber (19 years)
Wales	24.9	Arfon Griffiths (34 years)	Donato Nardiello (18 years)
Spain	25.1	Pirri (30 years)	Isidoro San José (20 years)
Hungary	25.1	Laszlo Pusztai (29 years)	Istvan Magyar (20 years)
Switzerland	25.3	Köbi Kuhn (32 years)	Charles In-Albon (18 years)
Poland	25.3	Krzysztof Rzesny (29 years)	Adam Nawalka (18 years)
Portugal	25.4	Rui Rodrigues (32 years)	Chalana (16 years)
Luxembourg	25.4	Louis Pilot (35 years)	André Zwally (20 years)
Bulgaria	25.6	Toshko Krastev (30 years)	Nikolai Grancharov (22 years)
Austria	25.6	Hans Pirkner (29 years)	Walter Schachner (18 years)
Northern Ireland	25.7	Arthur Stewart (33 years)	David McCreery (18 years)
Scotland	25.9	Don Masson (29 years)	Andy Gray (20 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 03/04/2025 at 14:23

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
Cyprus	77	28	3
Germany	76	22	15
Portugal	76	30	12
Poland	76	23	17
England	74	33	15
Luxembourg	74	26	2
Netherlands	74	23	11
Denmark	73	29	14
Austria	72	19	14
Northern Ireland	71	17	7
Italy	70	18	18
Belgium	70	26	7
Switzerland	52	27	3
Hungary	52	18	6
Romania	51	17	6
Spain	50	25	4
Greece	50	22	2
Sweden	50	25	7
Scotland	49	20	5
France	47	19	7

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Poland	11	6	5	1	0	17	4	+13
2	Portugal	9	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6
3	Denmark	4	6	2	0	4	14	12	+2
4	Cyprus	0	6	0	0	6	3	24	-21

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone1978